Newegg [newegg.com] has the Phanteks Eclipse P200A Performance, high airflow Ultra-fine mesh design, mini-ITX tower, 120mm black case fans for $59.99 -
$20 Mail in Rebate [newegg.com] for $39.99 with free shipping.
Features Ultra-fine Performance Mesh front and side panels for the highest cooling performance
Spacious open interior supports ATX power supplies, triple slot graphics cards, vertical GPU mounting support (with PH-CBRS-FL15) and up to 240/280mm front and 240mm side radiators
Storage support for 2 x 2.5" SSD and up to 4 HDD (with PH-HDDKT_03)
Compact form-factor, within 30-liter volume
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Case Dimensions (H x W x D)14.88" x 7.48" x 17.59" for the P300A ATX case.
Not sure why anyone would pay a premium for a mITX board only to install it in a case that is marginally smaller than an ATX case. ATX and mATX boards are cheaper and offer more expansion slots as well as 4 DIMM slots vs. 2 DIMM slots on a mITX board.
Presumably if you're doing a mITX build, you're after a compact result - this case is anything but compact.
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Case Dimensions (H x W x D)14.88" x 7.48" x 17.59" for the P300A ATX case.
Not sure why anyone would pay a premium for a mITX board only to install it in a case that is marginally smaller than an ATX case. ATX and mATX boards are cheaper and offer more expansion slots as well as 4 DIMM slots vs. 2 DIMM slots on a mITX board.
Presumably if you're doing a mITX build, you're after a compact result - this case is anything but compact.
P200A (supports 165mm cpu cooler height)
205 mm x 365 mm x 400 mm (8.1 in x 14.4 in x 15.7 in)
P300A (supports 165mm cpu cooler height)
200 mm x 450 mm x 400 mm (7.8 in x 17.7 in x 15.7 in)
NZXT H1
Height:405 mm / 15.9 inches
Width:196 mm / 7.7 inches
Depth:196 mm / 7.7 inches
The height and depth of the H1 is basically the same as the P300A but you're not able to fit a large dual tower CPU air cooler in the H1.
The one big benefit to this case is the fact that you dont need a PCIe 4.0 riser cable if you just use it in the default orientation. It's also $40-$60 (depending on if you get the rebate) which is far cheaper than most cases these days.
Not every case is right for everyone but the P200A has some good things like large ATX PSU support, 165mm cpu cooler height support, You can fit quite a lot of drives into this case. No riser cable required so no problems with PCIe 4.0 compatibility issues with mobos. I'm not saying everyone should go out and buy this case but there are some good points to a slightly larger ITX case.
In the end I think this case should have been an mATX case. Just make it half an inch taller and support mATX.
I like this case a lot but cable management space is limited behind the motherboard.
Case Dimensions (H x W x D)14.88" x 7.48" x 17.59" for the P300A ATX case.
Not sure why anyone would pay a premium for a mITX board only to install it in a case that is marginally smaller than an ATX case. ATX and mATX boards are cheaper and offer more expansion slots as well as 4 DIMM slots vs. 2 DIMM slots on a mITX board.
Presumably if you're doing a mITX build, you're after a compact result - this case is anything but compact.
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